Gamelan Gong Kebyar
Title | Gamelan Gong Kebyar PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Tenzer |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 524 |
Release | 2000-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226792811 |
The Balinese gamelan, with its shimmering tones, breathless pace, and compelling musical language, has long captivated musicians, composers, artists, and travelers. Here, Michael Tenzer offers a comprehensive and durable study of this sophisticated musical tradition, focusing on the preeminent twentieth-century genre, gamelan gong kebyar. Combining the tools of the anthropologist, composer, music theorist, and performer, Tenzer moves fluidly between ethnography and technical discussions of musical composition and structure. In an approach as intricate as one might expect in studies of Western classical music, Tenzer's rigorous application of music theory and analysis to a non-Western orchestral genre is wholly original. Illustrated throughout, the book also includes nearly 100 pages of musical transcription (in Western notation) that correlate with 55 separate tracks compiled on two accompanying compact discs. The most ambitious work on gamelan since Colin McPhee's classic Music in Bali, this book will interest musicians of all kinds and anyone interested in the art and culture of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Bali.
Structure and characterization in the music of Gamelan Gong Kebyar
Title | Structure and characterization in the music of Gamelan Gong Kebyar PDF eBook |
Author | Lela Chapman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Gamelan music |
ISBN |
Balinese Music
Title | Balinese Music PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Tenzer |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | 145 |
Release | 1998-08-15 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1462916384 |
This book presents an introduction to more than a dozen different types of Balinese gamelan, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and social or religious context. The instruments and basic principles underlying the gamelan are introduced, thus providing listeners with the means to better appreciate the music. Scores of beautiful color photographs, a discography, and a brief guide to studying and hearing the music in Bali, will prove indispensible to visitors and gamelan afficionados around the world.
Triguna
Title | Triguna PDF eBook |
Author | Made Mantle Hood |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | 493 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 3825812308 |
This book combines ethnography, philosophy, and musical analysis for an in-depth look into the social context and musical praxis of gamelan gong gede, the largest gamelan orchestra of bronze gongs and percussion on the island of Bali. The Hindu-Balinese notion of three human qualities called triguna serves as an interpretive framework for categorizing the musical repertoire, according to both widespread religious knowledge and more esoteric wisdom. (Series: KlangKulturStudien/SoundCultureStudies - Vol. 2)
Change and Identity in the Music Cultures of Lombok, Indonesia
Title | Change and Identity in the Music Cultures of Lombok, Indonesia PDF eBook |
Author | David D. Harnish |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 357 |
Release | 2021-09-13 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9004498249 |
This is a longitudinal study of music that weaves the complex stories of many disparate musics into a coherent account of quests for identities that illuminates Lombok’s history, its complex religious and ethnic composition, and its current political circumstances.
The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm PDF eBook |
Author | Russell Hartenberger |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 371 |
Release | 2020-09-24 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1108492924 |
An exploration of rhythm and the richness of musical time from the perspective of performers, composers, analysts, and listeners.
Music of Death and New Creation
Title | Music of Death and New Creation PDF eBook |
Author | Michael B. Bakan |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 420 |
Release | 1999-12-15 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780226034881 |
The accompanying CD contains music excerpts which are listed in the book on pgs. xiii-xvii.